Taipei Times
Date: Jun 06, 2020
By: Chang Hsuan-che, Chang Jui-chen and Dennis Xie / Staff reporters, with staff writer
A package of vegetarian instant noodles, which went out of production years ago, but which was reproduced by Vedan Enterprise Corp for a cancer patient, is pictured in Taipei on Thursday.
Photo courtesy of Vedan Enterprise Corp via CNA
The firm learned of the patient’s plight after a friend, surnamed Chen (陳), on Wednesday sought the help of other Facebook users after failing to find the instant noodles in any stores.
Her friend, who had been diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, had asked Chen to find the instant noodles, as she missed the taste.
A package of vegetarian instant noodles, which went out of production years ago, but which was reproduced by Vedan Enterprise Corp for a cancer patient, is pictured in Taipei on Thursday.
Photo courtesy of Vedan Enterprise Corp via CNA
After seeing the post, other Facebook users embarked on a search for the product, including visiting brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce sites, as well as contacting people they knew who worked at Vedan or its affiliated businesses, Vedan public relations official Chang Hsiung-hui (張雄輝) said on Thursday. [FULL STORY]
